unbuoyed

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adjective

Not buoyed (up); not kept afloat or aloft.

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Meanings

adjectiveunbuoyed (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot buoyed (up); not kept afloat or aloft.

    Above may the Soul spread wing, spurn body and sense beneath her; Below she must condescend to plodding unbuoyed by æther.

    1883, Robert Browning, “Solomon and Balkis”, in Jocoseria, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 31
  2. not comparableNot buoyed; not marked by a buoy or buoys.

    Between the two islands there is an anchorage that is entered from the northeast, unbuoyed, but not difficult to get into.

    1926, Neville Shute, chapter 4, in Marazan, London: Cassell

Origin

From un- + buoyed.

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APA

unbuoyed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuoyed

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“unbuoyed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuoyed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbuoyed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbuoyed.

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